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Wandsworth 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Parish of Wandsworth.

Table: TABLE X.

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TABLE X.

Social Position.	Total Deaths.		Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
Social Position.	1895.	Decennial average.	1895.	Decennial Average.
Nobility and Gentry	3.38	3.26	4.25	1.05
Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	6.52	5.36	7.44	4.65
Middle and Trading Classes, Clerks. &c.	21.05	26.04	26.60	18.50
Industrial and Labouring Classes	69.05	65.34	61.71	75.80
	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

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Inquests
46 inquests were held during the year, 11
less than in 1894. Of these 29 were males compared
with 43 last year, and 17 females compared with 15.

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TABLE XI.

		Males.	Females.	Total.
Deaths from Natural Causes		18	10	28
Suicidal	Shock through jumping out of window	1	-	1
	Poisoning by Laudanum	1	-	1
	Suffocation by Drowning	1	-	1
	Hanging	1	-	1
	Cut Throat	-	l	1
Accidental	Fulls	2	l	3
	Suffocation in bed with with parents	-	2	2
	Suffocation by Drowning	2	-	2
	Suffocation from impaction of food in throat	-	1	1
	Burns	-	1	1

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Wandsworth 1895

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Table: TABLE X.

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Table: TABLE XI.